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Thursday, 10 January 2013

Books You Loved: January edition

Before
getting to our first Books You Loved
of 2013, here are the showcases from
the December edition. I could have chosen 12 to showcase but ended up randomly
selecting 6 of the 12 so that this post wouldn't be too long! So please do pop by the Pinterest Board that
has all the pinnable links.

I
am going to look out this book, Einstein: His Life and Universeby Walter Isaacson linked in by docnad of Attempted Bloggery. Not only am I interested in Einstein, the
author also wrote the bio of Steve Jobs which was a great read.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green has been
linked in to prior editions of Books You Loved.
This review is by Kim of Quintessentially Bookish. Another book I am going to seek out and read
soon.

Thanks
to Anna of Diary of an Eccentric for
this review of The Plum Tree by
Ellen Marie Wiseman. The book, set in
wartime Germany, sounds very interesting.

This
book is quirky but fun. Thanks Moira
from Clothes in Books for linking in
your post about Brat Farrar by Josephine Tay. Have to love an imposter story.

And
last, but by no means least, that old fave The Hobbit by Tolkien. This book has
been made into a film (the first of 3) by Peter Jackson. The movie was shot right here in New Zealand.
Thanks for linking in, Michelle, from Scrappy
Bookworm.

I
am loving reading about books you really enjoyed each month. Is there any way I could make this collection
work even better? Suggestions would be
most welcome.

So
onto this month's collection. Just put
your name and the name of the book
(plus author, if you like) into the first box of Mr Linky. Paste the url of
your post about the book into the second box, and Bob's your Uncle!

It
would be super if you also stopped by some of the other links to check them out
– you may find great books to read and other blogs to follow or who might
follow you. I always follow any blog
that links up on GFC (if they have that gadget) or by Google Reader.

Thanks again for running this great feature Carole. My book, Nancy Mitford's Pursuit of Love, is one I've been reading every few years since I was a teenager, and I used a bit about Christmas presents and wicked parents as a festive entry on my blog.

My favourite is one I read in November and fell in love with. The End of Your Life Book Club is a touching story of a bond strengthened through literary pursuits between a mom and her adult son and the "book club" meetings in doctor's offices. It's a mother's story through a son's eyes. I hugged this book when I was finished and wished to have had the opportunity to have known this incredible woman.

Im linking up Chocolat which I read last month and going to a movie night with my book club girls next week to watch the movie - I love to compare books and movies they are usually so different from one another :)

Sorry! I was a bit in a hurry and I linked with the title of the book instead of adding the name of my blog. Well, it's FLY HIGH! And my latest review was of an interesting classic from French 19th century literature: The Ladies' Paradise by Emile Zola.

My Best Book For January is by Susan R. Sloan - a totally new author for me and a book that I've had on my bookshelf since July of 2008 and hadn't read until January of 2013! :) It was, in my opinion, an excellent contemporary mystery with a complete twist that was totally unexpected to me.